Combination cigarette and match box



Jan; 30, 1923; 1,443,577

P. K. KAPICKAS. COMBINATION CIGARETTE AND MAICH Box.

FILED 0cT-. 6. 1921 IN VLN TOR.

A T TORNE Y.

Patented Jan. 30, 1923.

PAUL K. KAPICKAS, OF BEOCKTON, lllASSACHUSETTS,

essreuon or one-nets r0 COMBINATION CIGARETTE AND MATCH BOX.

Application filed (Jetobcr 6, 1921. Serial No. 505,721.

To all whom it may concern lie it known that 1, PAUL K. KArroKi-is, a citizen of Lithuania, residing at Broclrton, county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination Cigarette and Match Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in combination cigarette case and match holders, and it is the principal object of the invention to provide a case of this character which allows the lighting of a cigarette from a match held in the case and which is ignited after the closure of the case and is protected against the wind.

A further object of the invention is to provide a simple, durable and inexpensive case of this character capable of containing a number of cigarettes, cigarette papers and a match holding member.

The invention consists in a certain novel construction and arrangement of parts fully setforth hereinafter, and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

in the acompa-nyine' drawing forming a material part of this disclosure Figure l is a front view of a cigarette case constructed according to the present invention, open.

Figure 2 is a horizontal section through the same on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

The case 10 of any desired size, shape and l lit lel'lill comprises a frame 11 presenting the customary two parts hingedly connected and provided with the customary snap lock 12 and spring 13 for allowing the case to spring open after disengagement of the catch members of lock 12. The lower smaller part of each partof the case is separated from the larger upper part by a horizontally arranged partition wall 14 extending over both halves of the casing which are hingedly connected in the customary manner as indicated at 15.

In the lower chamber formed by the partition 14: of one half of the case the partition carries an ignition member 16 for a match while the lower chamber formed by the partition 14: of the other half carries a holder 17 for a match 18, the tip 19 of which, when the case is closed strikes the ignition member and is lit protected against the wind by the two halves of the case, while a cigarette 20 is introduced through the opening 21 in the lower part of the casing.

A. package of cigarette paper 22 may be conveniently carried in the upper part of the half casing oppositely disposed to the cigarettes in the other half. 7

The operation or the device is evidently clear from the above description and needs no further explanation.

it will be clear that changes may be made in the gneral arrangement, form or shape and in the construction of the minor details without deviating from the scope and spirit er the present invention.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new and desire to protect by a United States patent is the following- 1. A cigarette case oi the class described comprising a spring lock, means for pro viding four chambers in said case for the caryin or a supply of cigarettes and cigarette papers, a means for holding a match and a means for igniting a match upon the closure of the case.

2. cigarette case of the character described comprising two hingedly connected halves having a spring catch and a spring for opening the case upon the release of said catch, means for separating each of said halves into two chambers,means in one of said chambers for holding a match, means in the opposite chamber to ignite the match upon the closure of the case, and an opening formed in one of the walls of one or said halves for lighting a cigarette on the match.

8.11s a cigarette case of the class described including the customary spring look,

a partition wall separating a larger upper chamber from a lower smaller chamber in each or" the halves constituting the case, a holder -for a match in one of the lower smaller chambers of the case, and an ignition member in the opposite lower smaller chamber adapted to strike the match carried by said holder upon the closure of the case and to ignite the same, and an opening "formed in the side wall or" the case for allowing the introduction of a cigarette to be ignited from the burning match.

4-. In a cigarette case of the class described comprising two hingedly connected spring controlled parts, acatch for locking both parts in the closed position of the case a partition wall in the lower part of the match held in said holding member Will-10 strike the same upon the closure of the case end opening formed in the side Wall of the named lower chamber for forming a wind shield for the iii-etch and allowing the introduction of a cigarette'to be lit.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

PAUL K. KAPICKAS. 

